Tom McKillop

Tom McKillop is the former CEO of AstraZeneca - a position he left to take on a new role as deputy chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland in September 2005, becoming chair in 2006 and announcing his early retirement in December 2008 in the aftermath of the disastrous investment decisions that brought the bank to its knees.

AstraZeneca was formed on 6 April 1999 through the merger of Astra AB of Sweden and Zeneca Group plc of the UK – McKillop had been CEO of Zeneca in 1994 when the company was created as a result of a demerger of ICI. He joined ICI's Corporate Research Laboratory in 1969, following research work after obtaining a PhD and BSc Hons in Chemistry. He moved to ICI Pharmaceuticals Division where he held a number of positions including Technical Director with international responsibility for research, development and production.[1]